Jay Gillespie's Blog

Do you think Manning would stay if things changed for him like this?

Probably not but at least he would be given the choice. If you were to wait out Mannings career before rebuilding you would be left with soo many holes. Once he retires expect several others to retire at the same time (Saturday, Wayne, Clark, Freeney, Bracket, Addai, etc.) You would be left with a ton of holes. Now watching Mannning and co. play together for the next 3-4 years would be absolutely Amazing and fun for a huge fan as myself but a GM and owner want to be good for the next decade. If you have really watched a few of Stanfards games this year then you cannot deny how much talent Luck has. Luck is able to identify defensive coverage, able to change plays at the line, amazing pocket presence, ability to throw all types of passes (short touch, fast bullets, over the shoulder from all distances, long high passes, etc.), respect from his teammates, and great work ethic. Now you never know what is going to happen but he has all the weapons to be the next Manning. His abilities and character are exactly like Mannings. He is the player that everyone knows is going to come along after someone has changed the way a sport is played such as Manning did. If fullfills his potential he will never be though of as good as Manning because he didn't do it first but he might be more successful winning superbowls.

Anyways, I am writing this as what I think is going to happen and what you have to do if you want to keep on being one of the most dominant teams in the nfl for the next 15+ years. I truely want to have my cake and eat it too, I would love to keep Manning through the rest of his career and have Luck too but thats not going to happen for more then a year or two before things would get ugly. The only way I see it going for 2 plus years is if Manning wins the Superbowl the next 2 years.